Greetings from Melbourne!

The travel from Berlin -> Melbourne was not quite as smooth as I hoped for. Berlin -> London was fine, but then London -> Hong Kong was 11.5 hours of torture with me being stuck in a tiny seat crammed up against the window. Hong Kong -> Melbourne was no different, if it wasn't for the sleeping pills I don't know how I would have survived. It was a super relief to finally arrive and over to the Crowne Towers for some rest. The hotel itself is probably the nicest hotel I have ever stayed in. Very classy, very professional.

Jetlag had me awake at 6am, but it worked out fine because I went to the Melbourne Zoo with the Full Tilt "pros" in the early morning. Hans Martin Vogl was kind of enough to invite me to tag along and so ended up spending the morning at the zoo and the afternoon at a winery for a nice meal and some wine tasting. The bus ride back went right down the coast for the most part and was pretty amazing. I have some pictures from the day but can't upload them on my laptop, I'll have to wait until I'm back in Berlin.

The plan for the next few days is just to relax, I'll probably head to the spa tomorrow. As far as poker goes, I bought in and registered for Day 1A on Monday the 14th. That way if I make an early exit (which has become a habit lately), I'll have plenty of free time to watch as many Australian Open matches as possible. I've got tickets to at least one match so far but ideally I'd like to see 4+ matches if possible.

I'm also considering playing the $5300 Australian Heads Up Championship on the 17th as well as the $1650 NLHE Teams Event on the 18th. So much to do, so little time...